Church News

Claylick United Methodist Church, located on Claylick Church Road, will host a free burgoo dinner Oct. 3.
Bring your own spoon, bowl and beverage.
Serving starts at 5 p.m. and the Patriot Quartet will perform at 7.

Westside Community church
Westside Community Church had a pizza party Sept. 25 at the America Legion Park after the morning service.
The church provided the pizza, drinks and plates.
The church had a special guest singer, Blessed Hope, on Sept. 25 during the 6 p.m. Sunday night service.
Upcoming events:

What do you remember about the first Apostle, Andrew?
Without some research, I personally can’t think of much about Andrew. He is one of the lesser known Apostles, and mentioned only briefly in the Bible.
However, his message goes deep. John 1: 41, “The first thing Andrew did (after he had met Christ) was to find his brother Simon and tell him we have found the Messiah.”
Then, in John 6:8-9, Andrew introduces the boy with five small loaves and two small fish to Jesus who then fed 5,000.

Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, located on Highway 53 on Willisburg Road, will hold a revival and homecoming Sept. 28-30.
The speaker will be Bro. David Collier from Grace Baptist Church.
The service begins at 7 p.m., with special music each night.
On Wednesday night the Rainy Day Band from Springfield will be playing; on Thursday Judy Grewell of Springfield will be the special music and Friday night will feature the Heritage Trio of Lexington.
The homecoming on Oct. 2 will be the church’s 167th anniversary.

Does a person who claims to be a Christian have to attend a church?
I have encountered numerous people who say they don’t believe in organized religion or that they have “church time” alone at home. I do not buy into this line of thinking, but let’s remove my opinion and consult with the inspired word of God.

Salt River Independent will host a revival Sept. 18-21 at the church campus, located at 1126 Salt River Road.
On Sept. 18 guests will be the Sammy Glass family from Decatur, Tenn., at 6 p.m.
On Sept. 19 Bro. Josh Rucker from the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church will be speaking at 7 p.m.
On Sept. 20 Bro. Dallas Daniels from Hebron Baptist Church will be speaking at 7 p.m.
On Sept. 21 Bro. Jesse Thomas from Ellers Memorial Baptist Church will be speaking at 7 p.m.
Contact Bro. Carl Bush at 502-600-2261 for more information.

Religion is a funny thing. It often confuses me how some different religions interpret the Bible so differently than I do.
I have been wrestling toe to toe with a very close friend of a different faith (I am Baptist) over one such difference. My friend’s church contends that Jesus is an angel, subservient to God, and less than God.

Salvisa Christian Church
A community free clothes day will be held Sept. 12th, from 2 pm to 6 pm at Salvisa Christian Church, 155 Sugar St., Salvisa. The clothes are free.
All sizes. For more information, contact Charlotte Fallis at (859-865-2226 or the Rev. Vicki Ray 502-229-0515.

Open Bible Church hosts free concert
The Open Bible Church will host a free, teen-oriented concert Sept. 17, beginning at 5 p.m. on the Lawrenceburg Green.
Bands being featured include GodCry, My Heart Remains, Brian Black and C128.

The power.
The power to destroy all of your enemies.
The power to be the most important.
The power to show the world you are the ruler of all.
Hollywood often portrays powerful, vengeful people as heroes and winners. When you contemplate that Jesus had the power to destroy the world and all of his enemies, to end the lives of the men torturing and spitting on and mocking him, remember this: he didn’t retaliate.
As the old hymn says, “He could have called 10,000 angels to destroy the world, but he died alone, for you and me.”

Open Bible offers
two services
Open Bible Church will offer two services, one at 8:30 a.m. and one on 10:30 a.m. on Sunday mornings starting Sept. 4.
Open Bible Church will also host a youth outreach on Sept. 16 at the Lawrenceburg Green.

Lawrenceburg Church of God holds Labor Day event
Lawrenceburg Church of God will have a Labor Day service and picnic Sept. 4 at 2390 Benson Creek, off of Alton Station Road.
The service will begin at 11 a.m. with food, games and music to follow.
Everyone is invited.

The atheists are recruiting.
Let me explain. I absolutely love the Kentucky State Fair. It is something I typically never miss. The weird food, awesome displays of agriculture, the maze of flea market trinkets, etc.
One thing that absolutely blew my mind this year was a sad and unusual booth I encountered. I was walking by this unattended booth and stopped as it had a statue of Mark Twain, and the back wall was covered with posters of celebrities.